Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-12-24
WEEKLY CITIZEN.
LOCAL NEWS.

Aa c,,sooula, Washington Territory, to join Es- husband.
 Tbe 4th U. 8. Cavalry Band will give s grand promenade concert at the MA snDie Hall on the evening of December 27th. TrE.L. Wetmore is hard st work, rruuiny lateral ditches to connect "ltn his msin ditch. He expects to have the y-,ter running iu his di.ches this winter. Phsnix has Temperance Boom, Taub.tope has Political Boom, Tucson | has L,and Boom, buI Sam DrBehmsp C;rars do not need booming they speGS for themselves, There are more strangers in Tucson at U.esant thsn there has been for the last three years, and another good thing IS, they are respectable looking. Contractor Sullivan has several men ai work at the University grounds, and will pat more on gs soon Rs they can work 10 GivsGtRge.
 There IS c very urgent demand for rl!uers just now and inquiries for good Isen are made every day. There IS no ezcuse for any good miner being idle.
 Buehnan & HRriweIl, the photogrs Yaer=. were opening large invoice of handsome frames and mouldlngs yes tsrdsy. Get your picture taken and then have 1t nicely framed.
 The shops of the Southern Pacific have Gn immense amount of work on hand Naster Mechanic Bonner stated 10 CITIZEN reporter this afternoon thai he was working his entire force until nine o'clock every evening.
 Freight on hay from Phenix has been reduced to S6l per car. Tucson alone w.ll average oyer 6 carload 6 week from taere Freight on barley is higher, be- ing Sl00 per car.
 With the present high price of copper, Sac owners of large copper prospects ln the Silver Bell district, can make 8 handsome clean up if they will only push things. There is 8 good smelter lying idle in that camp that ought to be run ming night and day.
 Thg railroad band will furnish the rluslc for the library ball st the San Xavier hotel on the 24th, instead of the 4sh Cavalry band as stated & few days since in this paper. This band is first class amateur organization and,is credit to the city.
 Emanuel Czerwinsky and his uncle, Mir. Lowenstein, have returned from San Diego and will open the store of T. Czerwinsky again at the old stand, corner of Main and Mesllls sheets. They have fresh stock of goods which they offer at prices that defy oompe- tiEon.
 Some of the people living st the north end of Court street, are not only en- dgusering the health of the city by lesy- ing the carcasses of poisoned dogs III the middle of the street, but are sub jectinR themselves to @ heavy fine. A word to the wise is sufficient.
 We have heard from what we consider good authority, that work on the Mir. eral Belt road will soon be resumed and by company which has ample capital to push the bnilding of the same Co com pletiou. which We understand means 6 connection with the A. T. < 5. F. R. R. as Benson. We hope that 1t is true Flagstaff Champion.
 MT. Bruce Aldrich, his daughter, and Mrs. Johnson, mother of Gen. Royal A.. Johnson arrived by the delayed trsin lest evening, from Syracuse, New York. They will be the guests of Gen. and Mrs. Johnson and will spend the winter here. Mr. Aldrich has made several invest ments in Arizona, being interested ID the Arctic Ice Company, and Inter Ocean Cattle Company, this being his Hecond visit to AnZonR.
 The Tucson, Globe & Northern peo- pie hope to commence active operations shortly after the first of the year. There hos been some unavoidable delay in forwarding papers to the east, but re- cent telegrams from there state that everything will be arranged ID a very short time. The officers of the company here, believe they will reach the San . Pedro river aDd be ready for business within three months after commencing work.
 MT B. F. Brown, ranch manager of the Erie Cattle Company, who came in Vijh the drive from the Company's ranch on Saturday last, informed us that J. 5. Shipmsn spsyed GA she cat tie, mostly old COWS, for the Company, Of this number only four died, three COWS and one calf. This demonstrates the praticsbility of spsying in Arizona. --StockmRn.
 COchise county has recently organ izsd county fair association, and filed articles of incorporation. The object of the association will be the purchasing improving md conducting of far ground for the exhibition of the pro- cuots of Oochise county. The sssocis- ton proposes to have base ball games, horse racing and other sports at Tomb stone during Christmas week.
 The C,d Dominion Copper Company of Globe have contracted for sufficient coke to keep their smelters running for several months, and the first consign- msat is expected here by the end of the present month. Smelling operations vlil be resumed as soon as coke reaches GlObs. This Is welcome news for the people of Wilcox, who will soon see the f-eightiug business assume its old-time spect.-Stockmsn.
 IL is understood that Mir. G. H. Daley our efficient District Clerk. is negots- ting for the Prospector, which, If effect ed, will be made democratic organ of the most unternfied type. hr. Daily IS DNAk ulau oi great pfOLnleei ono No Will gladly welcome him to the ranks of profession which he will ornament. IL Is only a matter of 6 short time until he reaches that goal of wealth and grest- ness which other Arizons editors have Gttsined.-EpItsph.
 The vest bound passenger train due here Saturday evening was fifteen hours late owing to a icolhsion between two freight trains st Tunis, eight miles this ride ot Deming. The engineer of the west bound freight had orders to meet another freight at Tunis, and when he arrived there, the other train was just gong in on the siding, but had not cleared the main track. For some uB- known reason he did not stop but ran In,o tue resr end of the other freight, disabling bis engine snd several cafs. Fortunately no one was injured. There are some people who pever give newspaper any items, no matter how many they may have at their command; but let tue paper publish any item on |